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Gunny? Hathcock?That was difficult. When gunny died was another weathershed moment.
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Gunny? Hathcock?That was difficult. When gunny died was another weathershed moment.
So you are G. O. A. now?I let my NRA membership lapse. They don't do a frickin' thing for me.
R. Lee ErmyGunny? Hathcock?
Dana Farber Cancer Institute is a nonprofit as well. Guess how much those executives make?
It's the price of doing business gents (and lady)
They have been successful in staying out of the news by not doing anything.And here I was just thinking the other day that there hasn't been an NRA bashing thread here for awhile......
5 yrs ago.....Inside the Luxe Texas Mansion the NRA Nearly Bought for CEO Wayne LaPierre
Last summer, National Rifle Association chief executive Wayne LaPierre attempted to have the nonprofit organization purchase him a home in Texas.www.realtor.com
You do realize who funded Bruen......right.......They have been successful in staying out of the news by not doing anything.
What portion of the NRA's total expenses was applied to this and other cases?You do realize who funded Bruen......right.......
Jesus trucking Christ.....don't dance around with semantic bullshit.....What portion of the NRA's total expenses was applied to this and other cases?
I gave them the same response verbatim the last 3x they've called. The person on the other end wasn't surprised in the least.I'm absolutely sure of it. I was just surprised she said that. They don't even try to defend him.
They were calling me quite a bit. The last time they called I politely stopped the woman and asked her to relay the message that as long as Lapierre is involved in the NRA in any way, they won't get anything from me, and when my membership is up I won't renew. She said she'd send the message along and take me off the call list. I haven't received a call since, and it's been close to a year.The NRA called me last night. The woman on the phone gave me her little pitch. I asked if Wayne is still running things over there. No shit, her response was, "Unfortunately, yes." I told her FPC and GOA will get all of my money until Wayne is gone. She said, "I totally understand." I couldn't believe it.
Yeah, well, when the NRA has annual revenues of $2.4 billion, net annual income of $190 million after expenses, and a net asset valuation of $3.9 billion, you can call and make that comparison. Until then, you're likely going to come off as another apologist blowing smoke.Dana Farber Cancer Institute is a nonprofit as well. Guess how much those executives make?
It's the price of doing business gents (and lady)
That seems surprisingly defensive.Jesus trucking Christ.....don't dance around with semantic bullshit.....
Ah.......how sure are you about that.........Folks, let's dial it down a bit. Our concern is with the NRA, not with each other.
but you've got to be smart enough to hide and keep the gold barsIn Wayne's defense how much is the base salary of a senator after bribes? Feel like that's an unfair comparison
Sometimes a thing is too far gone to save.I'm not happy with everything the NRA does either, and LaPierre is a suckubus.
However, it would be foolish to let them go under. No other gun org has the member numbers, recognition, clout, relationships with politicians who vote for or against gun legislation, and this is not to mention what they do for gun education/safety and marksmanship programs. You can whine, as I do, but then grow up and think less emotionally, as that's exactly what fat fuque Karens do in the suburbs.
Yup. Oh, yes.....yup! Right from the early days in the 1970s when we had no GOAL and some corrupt Middlesex County sheriff put a referendum question on the Massachusetts ballot to disarm us peasants but completely exempt his fellow badge carriers. NRA sat on the sidelines, figuring us Ma**h***s deserve to take the big one right up the puckered hole. The associated groups that banded together and became united as GOAL pushed back and saved our 2A rights by getting this proposal voted down. It was a come-from-behind victory and damned close. Washington DC residents lost their rights to their private possession of handguns just a few short month later. Once again, where was the NRA? I might be old but I still have my memory. Senility hasn't set in quite yet!
NRA and GOAL did some great things back in the day. That doesn't change the fact that a couple decades later GOAL leadership went off the rails. GOAL is now a much better organization than it was at one point.Not true at all. NRA was responsible for defeating the MA Handgun ban and starting GOAL.
In 1976, a handgun confiscation initiative appeared on the statewide ballot in Massachusetts.
It was proposed that authorities confiscate all handguns in the state, including BB guns. Gun owners would have six months to surrender their firearms, after which they would face a mandatory year in prison for owning a handgun.
The confiscation law seemed poised to pass. The most liberal state in the nation, Massachusetts--along with the District of Columbia--was the only place that had given its electoral votes to Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern in 1972. (McGovern had run on a platform calling for a national ban on all handguns considered "unsuitable for sporting purposes.")
Most of the Massachusetts media strongly supported a handgun ban. The Boston Globe, whose reach extends throughout the relatively small state, vehemently opposed handgun ownership. So did the television stations in Boston.
Early polling suggested that a handgun ban would pass handily. Further, in the 1974 election, voters in several state legislative districts had overwhelmingly supported measures instructing their state legislators to vote for strict anti-gun legislation.
In the early 1970s, Massachusetts gun owners were numerous, but they were disorganized, disillusioned and defeatist. That began to change in 1974, when the NRA helped organize a joint sportsmen's committee, which soon became the Gun Owners Action League (GOAL). With gun owners cooperating and contributing, goal was able to hire a full-time executive director, and then a secretary. To have two people working full-time on gun rights issues made a big difference, starting in the state legislature.
Together, GOAL and NRA began a grassroots education campaign against Question 5. It started with county-level meetings throughout the state in August. Voter registration information was distributed in English and Spanish. The meetings were attended by 18,000 people, and from them came nearly 2,000 volunteers. The meetings also raised money for billboards, fliers and other advertising.
The GOAL and NRA activists made their case to other organizations, including the Farm Bureau, Grange, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, the Western Massachusetts Labor Council and many local union members, who joined them in opposing Question 5.
In the early 1970s, Massachusetts gun owners were numerous, but they were disorganized, disillusioned and defeatist. That began to change in 1974, when the NRA helped organize a joint sportsmen's committee, which soon became the Gun Owners Action League (GOAL). With gun owners cooperating and contributing, goal was able to hire a full-time executive director, and then a secretary. To have two people working full-time on gun rights issues made a big difference, starting in the state legislature.
Together, GOAL and NRA began a grassroots education campaign against Question 5. It started with county-level meetings throughout the state in August. Voter registration information was distributed in English and Spanish. The meetings were attended by 18,000 people, and from them came nearly 2,000 volunteers. The meetings also raised money for billboards, fliers and other advertising.
The GOAL and NRA activists made their case to other organizations, including the Farm Bureau, Grange, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, the Western Massachusetts Labor Council and many local union members, who joined them in opposing Question 5.
Complete details at:
Against All Odds
by Dave Kopel Jan. 25, 2012
David Kopel
davekopel.org
Thems purse fighting wordsFolks, let's dial it down a bit. Our concern is with the NRA, not with each other.